Custom Act, 1962
28AB.
Interest on Delayed Payment of Duty in Special Cases. –
(1)
Where any duty has not been levied or has been short levied or erroneously
refunded by reason of collusion or any wilful miss-statement or suppression of
facts, the person who is liable to pay the duty as determined under sub-section
(2) of section 28, shall, in addition to the duty, be liable to pay interest at
such rate not below ten per cent and not exceeding thirty per cent per annum,
as is for the time being fixed by the Board, from the first day of the month
succeeding the month in which the duty ought to have been paid under this Act,
or from the date of such erroneous refund, as the case may be, but for the
provisions contained in sub-section (2) of section 28, till the date of payment
of such duty.
(2)
For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that the provisions of
sub-section (1) shall not apply to cases where the duty became payable before
the date on which the Finance (No. 2) Bill, 1996 receives the assent of the
President.
Explanation
1 : Where the duty determined to be payable
is reduced by the Commissioner (Appeals), the Appellate Tribunal or, as the
case may be, the court the interest shall be payable on such reduced amount of
duty.
Explanation
2 : Where the duty determined to be payable
is increased or further increased by the Commissioner (Appeals), the Appellate
Tribunal or, as the case may be, the court, the interest shall be payable on
such increased or further increased amount of duty.